I it always best to be honest with your children......in an age appropriate way of explaining. Finding the easiest yet not complicated way....usually after you get through the first little bit, they are actually satisfied.....they just want an answer. To lay the truthful groundwork is the best.....that way you can build from there rather than having to go back later & explain that what you said before wasnt right or go back & contratict yourself. Children aren't stupid & they know when you are telling them something different later in life than what you told them in the first place.

Worse yet, if later on in school, when everyone else knows the truth & they are sitting there feeling like a fool that they believed the stupid lie their Mom told them. Children remember everything we tell them & believe me......when we feel that our parents lied to us about something when we really found out the truth.....ever finding the trust to believe what your parents tell you in the future isn't easy......

Best to start off on the right foot.

Debbie